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The European Commission’sscience and knowledge service
Joint Research Centre
Open and digitally competent
academics: European frameworks
and tools for professional
development and self-assessment
Dra. Andreia Inamorato@aisantos
[email protected]
ICDE World Conference, Dublin
7 November 2019
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European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• Internal service of the European Commission for Science and Research
• Mission: to give support to the European Union to gather evidencefrom scientific research
• Provides services to more than 20 political departments of the European Commission
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A new political agenda for education in Europe
“43% of the EU population has low levels of digital education, and 17% are
lacking any digital skills, which puts them at serious risk of exclusion.
Expanding digital education opportunities is a priority. […]
The main goal of all our efforts, however, needs to be to equip the young
generations with strong digital skills. We can help achieve this for example
through focusing on digital literacy, computer science and informatics for all, so
that children and young people understand and deal critically with digital
technology – both in terms of its promises but also its dangers. The world is
already digital, so are our children, but our education is not yet there.”
Marta Gabriel, Commissioner for Education
European Commission, October 2019.
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❖ Digital competence framework for educators (DigCompEdu) and an online tool for self-reflection (Check-in Tool) (2017/2019)
❖ Open Education framework (OpenEdu) and a checklist of practices for self-reflection (OpenEdu Guidelines for Academics) (2016/2019)
(Digital) competence frameworks for university lecturers
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DigCompEdu Framework
• It describes what it means for an
academic to be ’digitally competent’
• For all education sectors
• It covers 6 competence areas and 6
proficiency levels
• https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomp
edu
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https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu/self-assessment
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DigCompEdu Check-In Tool
• Online tool with questions based
on the DigCompEdu framework
• 22 questions for reflexion in 6
competence areas
• It generates a report for users
about their digital competence
(levels A1-C2) and shows posible
ways for them to improve them.
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/di
gcompedu/self-assessment
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DigCompEdu (Marco de competencia digital para educadores)
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Competence levels(A1 to C2)
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Source: JRC DigCompEdu Check-in tool
Approximately 10,000 educators from all education
sectors have used the tool in 8 different languages
to date.
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DigCompEdu Check-In Tool
• Approximately 10,000 educators from all education sectors
have used the tool in 8 different languages to date
• What’s on: The data is being analysed; the questionnaire is
being revised and the levels of progression are being updated.
A new tool, more robust tool, is being developed.
• A pilot will be ran with Spanish universities in the beginning of
2020, in collaboration with CRUE- Conference of Rectors of
Spanish Universities.
• https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu/self-assessment
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Open Education:
Further developing the digital competence of teachers and learners
Video : Open education in the world
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A new political agenda for education in Europe
• “We need to make education institutionsfit for the digital age in a lifelong learningperspective. I am in particular going to focus on the opportunities such as massive open online courses, to reach as many people as possible. We need to use digital technology intelligently to makeeducation both more effective and more inclusive.”
•• Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Education
• European Commission, October 2019.
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Open Education framework: OpenEdu
• It describes what open education is
• It focuses on higher education
• It presents 10 dimensions for action
Web:
• bit.ly/marco_openedu
• https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/open-
education
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What is open education?
• Open education is about creating
opportunities to all learners, formally
registered at the institution or not
• Open education are also those
practices that seek to bridge ’non-
formal’ with ‘formal learning’
• Open education goes beyond MOOCs
and open educational resources
• It requires a mindset change towards
open practices and open leadearship
• It also requires a bottom-up/top-down
approach to practices and policies.
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Open Education framework (OpenEdu)
bit.ly/marco_openedubit.ly/marco_openedu_español
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Practical guidelines on OE for
academics
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Core dimension: pedagogy
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Core dimension: access
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Blockchain in Education- JRC report
(recognition dimension, digital certificates)
To download:
http://bit.ly/blockchain4edu
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http://bit.ly/2mGuegI
To download:
New release: it contains
a section on digital
certificates
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Innovation in the continuous education of
educators: case studies and policy
recommendations
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Thank you!
DigCompEdu for HE and OpenEdu contact:
[email protected]
Web: andreiainamorato.net